Car-replacer.



C. M. SHEWMAKE.

CAR REPLACER.

APFLICAHON FILED APR. 18. 1916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTOR NEY CHARLES- M. SI-IEEWMAKE, 0F GASTLEROCK, WASHINGTON.

CLAR-REI PLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 19117.

Application filed April 18, 1916.. Serial No. 91,965.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. Snnw- MAKE, a citizen of the U111tl= States, residing at Castlerock, in the county of Cowlitz. and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car replacers and the primary object of the device is'to provide a structure whereby the derailed cars or locomotivesmay be replaced upon the rails.

As a further object of the invention; the device contemplates the provision of a structure that will be light in weight, at, thesame; time retaining. the necessary qualities of strength and endurance that are essential in devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is the provision of depending lugs, having tie engaging points, which are adapted to prevent the car replacer from skidding or creeping whena car is being replaced upon the railway rails.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a car replacer which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan showing the device used in connection with a railway rail.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

The supporting plate 1 is of considerable length and adapted to extend over the space occupied by three or more railway ties. One end of the supporting plate is disposed in about the same horizontal plane as the base of the railway rail A, while the opposite end of the supporting plate is raised to a point a trifle higher than the top of the head of the rail, as clearly indicated by Fig. 3 of the drawing. By thus providing an inclined runway, the wheels of the cars will be gradually raised until they reach a point whereby they may be disposed upon the head of the rail A.

Carried by the top of the supporting plate and integrally formed therewith is a pair of parallel rails 2 and 3 each of which high enough to prevent the flange of the car wheel from riding on the supporting plate 1 and is. adapted to receive the tread of the car wheel as indicated by dotted. lines in Fig. 3. The free edge of the supporting plate is downwardly curved whereby the extreme edge thereof is disposed in the same plane as. the base of the rail A, thereby giving a bearing surface at which rests upon the top faces of the ties B.

Formed. integrally with the supporting plate 1 is a retaining flange 5 which rests upon the; head of the railway rail A and is bent, at its outer edge, downwardly to provide a lip 6.- for preventing the lateral displacement of the device. A supporting wall 7 is integrally formed with the bottom side of the supporting plate 1 and extends downwardly, having its lower edge engaging the top faces of the railway tics B and the end of the device is provided with a wall 8, the lower edge of which also engages with one of the ties B. In this manner of construction the weight of the device is greatly reduced and the strength of the structure is retained.

Depending from the edge 4 of the supporting plate 1 and also from the lower edge of the supporting wall 7 is an extension 9 the forward end of which is provided with a point 10 adapted to bite into the tie when the device is mounted for use. When the wheel of the car is passing up the incline the natural tendency of the device is to be thrust along the rail and thereby prevent the proper replacing of the car wheel. These points 10 prevent the device from creeping or skidding and hold them substantially in the desired position for effectively mounting the car wheel upon the rail A.

In reduction to practice I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above de scription, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practicable; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A car replacer comprising an inclined supporting plate having its upper end disposed slightly higher than the top of the rail,

the raised end of the plate at one edge thereof being curved downwardly whereby the outer longitudinal edge of the said plate will rest upon the railway ties, the opposite edge of the said plate being bent to provide a lip contacting with the edge of the rail head, and a pair of integrally formed raised rails extending longitudinal of the plate and at an angle to the rail.

2. A car replacer comprising an inclined supporting plate having its upper end disposed slightly higher than the top of the rail, the raised end of the plate at one edge thereof being curved downwardly whereby the outer longitudinal edge of the said plate will rest upon the railway ties, the opposite edge of the said plate being bent to provide a lip contacting with the edge of the rail head, a pair of integrally formed raised rails extending longitudinal of the plate and at an angle to the rail, a supporting wall depending from one end of the said plate, one edge of the said wall being curved to conform to the curve of the raised end of the said plate.

3. A car replacer comprising an inclined posed slightly higher than the top of the rail,-

the raised end of the plate at one edge thereof being curved downwardly whereby the outer longitudinal edge of the said plate will rest upon the railway ties, the opposite edge of the said plate being bent to provide a lip contacting with the edge of the rail head, a pair of integrally formed raised rails extending longitudinal of the plate and at an angle to the rail, a supporting'wall depending from one end of the said plate, one edge of the said wall being curved to conform to the curve of the raised end of the said plate, a supporting wall integrally formed with the plate and depending therefrom, the said supporting wall being parallel with the railway rail engaged with the edge of the flange thereof, and an extension depending from both the supporting wall and the edge of the plate and provided with a pin for engagement with the proximate side of one of the said railway ties.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. Witnesses Gno. B. RowAN, JEANNETTE DENNIS.

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